The European polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as the common polecat, black polecat and forest polecat, is a mustelid species native to western Eurasia...
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European polecat, M. putorius (Western Eurasia and North Africa) Striped polecat Steppe polecat Black-footed ferret, the “American polecat” European polecat...
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the European mink is not closely related to the American mink, being much closer to the European polecat and Siberian weasel (kolonok). The European mink...
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steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central...
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Black-footed ferret (redirect from Black-footed polecat)
size of a mink and is similar in appearance to the European polecat and the Asian steppe polecat. It is largely nocturnal and solitary, except when breeding...
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which is Ukrainian for "polecat".[1] Marbled polecats are generally found in the drier areas and grasslands of southeastern Europe to western China. Like...
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A polecat–ferret hybrid is a hybrid between a wild European polecat (Mustela putorius) and a domesticated ferret (Mustela furo). Offspring of such a cross...
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A polecat–mink hybrid, also known as khor'-tumak by furriers and khonorik by fanciers, is a hybrid between a European polecat (Mustela putorius) and a...
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domesticated form of the wild European polecat (Mustela putorius), as evidenced by the ferret's ability to interbreed with European polecats and produce hybrid offspring...
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From time to time, it also preys on small carnivores like martens, European polecat, stoat, and least weasel (Mustela nivalis), as well as fawns of red...
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persecution. The rare European mink (Mustela lutreola) is one of the most endangered mustelid species. The ferret, a domesticated European polecat, is a fairly...
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The European pine marten (Martes martes), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus...
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The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), also called the African polecat, zoril, zorille, zorilla, Cape polecat, and African skunk, is a member of the family...
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Wolverine (redirect from European wolverine)
of Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in Europe" (PDF). Nature and environment, No. 115. Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats...
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Weasel (category Carnivorans of Europe)
Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators...
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nipples but these are more developed in females. European badgers cannot flex their backs as martens, polecats and wolverines can, nor can they stand fully...
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different habitats. The golden jackal, red fox, european badger, eurasian otter, beech marten, european polecat are the primary predatory mammals. A high number...
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weasel (mustelid) family, including new- and old-world badgers, ferrets and polecats, fishers, grisons and ratels, martens and sables, minks, river and sea...
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eat fish. The name is instead related to the word "fitch", meaning a European polecat (Mustela putorius) or pelt thereof, due to the resemblance to that...
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badger can be regarded as another, analogous, form of outsized weasel or polecat. The species first appeared during the middle Pliocene in Asia. A number...
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come from this subfamily: ermine, weasel, mink and polecat. COVID-19 can infect both the European mink (Mustela lutreola) and the American mink (Neogale...
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cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives...
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Eurasian otter (redirect from European otter)
The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a...
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The name "sable" originates from Slavic languages and entered Western European languages through the medieval fur trade. Sables are small, omnivorous...
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Otter (category Carnivorans of Europe)
oter. This and cognate words in other Indo-European languages ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European root *wódr̥, which also gave rise to the English...
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infections. In fact, all weasels, e.g., the least weasel, the European polecat, the steppe polecat, the black-footed ferret, etc., dance when they've caught...
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ecological corridors to connect lesser horseshoe bat sub-populations. The European polecat population in Britain declined following widespread predator control...
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Eurasian lynx (redirect from European Lynx)
throughout most of continental Europe. By the early 19th century, it was persecuted to local extinction in western and southern European lowlands, but survived...
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Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural...
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Beech marten (category Carnivorans of Europe)
crepuscular and nocturnal animal, though to a much lesser extent than the European polecat. It is especially active during moonlit nights. Being a more terrestrial...
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